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thehefnerNot sure how many people care about or even follow current comics, but I would be remiss in not discussing my thoughts on the recent trio of Two-Face-related happenings in comics over the past couple of weeks.
So I tried to read TWO-FACE YEAR ONE # 2 in the comic store yesterday, but every few pages I just found myself unable to continue. As such, I don't feel entirely qualified to judge this new and rather different take on Harvey's origin, but for now, all I feel is an abiding sense of frustration and dismay. I constantly remind myself just how slim my chances are of getting DC to publish my Harvey Dent novel, but the mere existence of this story (not to mention its success or failure, neither of which would serve me) has whittled the chances down even further, and for what?
I'm still gonna make a serious effort to have the book actually see the light of day, if only to wipe the knowledge of this mediocre book out of readers' minds. If nothing else, the sobering thought that many people would read TFYO and think, "Man, this just makes me want to reread THE LONG HALLOWEEN. Now that is the true definitive Two-Face story!" just serves to drive me all the more.
Much more interesting is what's going on with Harvey over in NIGHTWING (warning: spoilers in those scans!). I have rather mixed feelings about this current storyline (although not for the reasons that some others have been rather outraged by the most recent issue), but I'm gonna try to hold off judgment until the storyline's finished. I doubt Tomasi has something big up his sleeve that would majorly change my opinion positively, but still, I wanna see where he's going with this.
Maybe I'm just forgiving because this depiction of Harvey has two appealing factors amid all the mixed qualities. First, Harvey's not wearing a split-suit, but rather a more smart and stylish suit, albeit one burned in THE DARK KNIGHT style. I'd prefer it to not be burned at all, but hey, it's a start.
Secondly, it actually features Harvey! As in, not simply Two-Face," the evil side being evil and one-note and villainous, but rather a good side struggling with a bad side, and the conflicts that arise from the poor guy's bugfuck craziness. That factor alone keeps me interested to see Peter Tomasi's story all the way through, flaws and all.
But at the end of the day, the comic geekery highlight of the week has to be the fact that they FINALLY released the Brian Bolland designed action figures of Two-Face, Hugo Strange (!!!), Poison Ivy, and the Joker in his breezy short shorts. I rarely ever buy action figures anymore, but damn if this quartet weren't a worthy exception.
It was jarring to see such a great sculpt of Harvey depicted in garish Silver Age green-scarring and an incredibly LOUD BAD SUIT, but I've come to grow rather fond of it ever since I posed the figure on my TV. Maybe I'll buy a second figure to take![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
angrylemur up on her kind offer to repaint the figure with red burn scarring and a smart black pinstripe suit, ala my own Two-Face costume. Because yes, in case you hadn't noticed, I am that much of a geek.
So I tried to read TWO-FACE YEAR ONE # 2 in the comic store yesterday, but every few pages I just found myself unable to continue. As such, I don't feel entirely qualified to judge this new and rather different take on Harvey's origin, but for now, all I feel is an abiding sense of frustration and dismay. I constantly remind myself just how slim my chances are of getting DC to publish my Harvey Dent novel, but the mere existence of this story (not to mention its success or failure, neither of which would serve me) has whittled the chances down even further, and for what?
I'm still gonna make a serious effort to have the book actually see the light of day, if only to wipe the knowledge of this mediocre book out of readers' minds. If nothing else, the sobering thought that many people would read TFYO and think, "Man, this just makes me want to reread THE LONG HALLOWEEN. Now that is the true definitive Two-Face story!" just serves to drive me all the more.
Much more interesting is what's going on with Harvey over in NIGHTWING (warning: spoilers in those scans!). I have rather mixed feelings about this current storyline (although not for the reasons that some others have been rather outraged by the most recent issue), but I'm gonna try to hold off judgment until the storyline's finished. I doubt Tomasi has something big up his sleeve that would majorly change my opinion positively, but still, I wanna see where he's going with this.
Maybe I'm just forgiving because this depiction of Harvey has two appealing factors amid all the mixed qualities. First, Harvey's not wearing a split-suit, but rather a more smart and stylish suit, albeit one burned in THE DARK KNIGHT style. I'd prefer it to not be burned at all, but hey, it's a start.
Secondly, it actually features Harvey! As in, not simply Two-Face," the evil side being evil and one-note and villainous, but rather a good side struggling with a bad side, and the conflicts that arise from the poor guy's bugfuck craziness. That factor alone keeps me interested to see Peter Tomasi's story all the way through, flaws and all.
But at the end of the day, the comic geekery highlight of the week has to be the fact that they FINALLY released the Brian Bolland designed action figures of Two-Face, Hugo Strange (!!!), Poison Ivy, and the Joker in his breezy short shorts. I rarely ever buy action figures anymore, but damn if this quartet weren't a worthy exception.
It was jarring to see such a great sculpt of Harvey depicted in garish Silver Age green-scarring and an incredibly LOUD BAD SUIT, but I've come to grow rather fond of it ever since I posed the figure on my TV. Maybe I'll buy a second figure to take
angrylemur up on her kind offer to repaint the figure with red burn scarring and a smart black pinstripe suit, ala my own Two-Face costume. Because yes, in case you hadn't noticed, I am that much of a geek.
